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Nolte: CNN’s Jake Tapper Makes False Claim About ‘Scooter’ Libby
breitbart ^ | JOHN NOLTE

Posted on 04/17/2018 5:46:42 AM PDT by davikkm

In yet another personal attack against President Trump, CNN’s Jake Tapper spread the false claim that Lewis “Scooter” Libby leaked the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame. While Tapper’s fan-base on the far left are celebrating Tapper’s spreading of this fake news, those who still hold journalistic integrity in high regard are telling the truth.

Back in 2005, Libby, then chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was wrongfully prosecuted by special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, the man looking into who leaked the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson (who has since revealed herself to be an anti-Semite).

The belief was that her name was leaked in political retaliation for her husband Joe Wilson’s criticism of the Bush administration’s war in Iraq.

The name of the true leaker was Richard Armitage, then our deputy secretary of state, a Deep Stater who forever disgraced himself by not coming forward as the two-year scandal engulfed the Bush administration and innocent men like Libby. To prove just how corrupt and partisan this entire Deep State exercise was (Cheney was the true target), Armitage was never penalized.

Libby, however, was convicted of four process crimes: obstruction of justice, making a false statement, and two counts of perjury. He was then sentenced to 30 months in prison, and to his own disgrace, rather than give Libby the full pardon he deserved, then President George W. Bush only commuted the prison sentence. Libby found himself a convicted felon, which means he lost his law license.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 04/17/2018 5:46:43 AM PDT by davikkm
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CNN: THE MOST BUSTED NAME IN NEWS


2 posted on 04/17/2018 5:47:01 AM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

For the 110th time, this was not a prosecutable “leak” because Plame was not acting as a secret agent and the alleged leaker had a free speech right to expose Plame’s attempt to undermine the President’s foreign policy.


3 posted on 04/17/2018 5:54:40 AM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: davikkm

Gowdy was complaining about the pardon too.


4 posted on 04/17/2018 5:56:17 AM PDT by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: davikkm

Left-wing political operatives such as him never lie. Sometimes, they are ‘less than candid’ 100% of the time with the truth


5 posted on 04/17/2018 6:00:34 AM PDT by RonnG ( v)
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To: davikkm

This really says something about the left though. I’m sure he still believes this because it was repeated a millions times in left wing circles. I have a buddy that insisted this was the case, until I showed him. I could see his confusion. How could this be? He was SURE he was right.

Liberals do not drift outside of what they’re told to read. Everything else is the “faux news” they’ve been told about, so why bother? It doesn’t even occur to them that they’re willfully believing the real lies.


6 posted on 04/17/2018 6:27:23 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: BushCountry

Hey Trey why didn’t you deliver the goods on Hillary and the Benghazi proceedings instead of backing a corrupt prosecution of scooter Libby. Protecting your fellow sharks for life after congress are you ? Used to think he and Darrell Issa would finally get us the truth but in reality all thev really did was provide “ swamp gas “ to cover up the real stink that is Washington club politics.


7 posted on 04/17/2018 6:34:13 AM PDT by patriotspride
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A lot of people are spreading that fake news. I busted someone chops on another forum for saying Libby leaked that Valarie was a CIA agent. We all know it was Armitage. Also as to lying it was Libby’s word versus Tim Russert. A lady witness said that the prosecutor misstated what she had told him. President Trump was correct in pardoning Scooter Libby.


8 posted on 04/17/2018 6:37:04 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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preespunks
9 posted on 04/17/2018 6:43:29 AM PDT by timestax
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Common mistake. Identify one leaker, the first one presumably, then there are no others.

Not that this leak as illegal, just that Libby was a leaker, as was Armitage, and as was Colin Powell.

10 posted on 04/17/2018 6:46:21 AM PDT by Cboldt
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ping


11 posted on 04/17/2018 6:57:26 AM PDT by timestax
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12 posted on 04/17/2018 6:58:28 AM PDT by timestax
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bump


13 posted on 04/17/2018 7:02:20 AM PDT by timestax
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To: davikkm
CNN, and all libtard commies, wouldn't recognize the truth if it hit them upside the head.




14 posted on 04/17/2018 7:06:18 AM PDT by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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CCnnn
15 posted on 04/17/2018 7:24:22 AM PDT by timestax
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CNN’s Jake Tapper Makes False Claim About ‘Scooter’ Libby

CNN’s everybody makes False Claims about EVERYTHING. (Fixed it).

16 posted on 04/17/2018 7:47:47 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: BushCountry

Gowdy is a quitter. Pissonhim.


17 posted on 04/17/2018 7:48:57 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: davikkm

CNN should be sued the don’t tell news they tell stories.


18 posted on 04/17/2018 10:04:34 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: davikkm
I would think that action would lie against Tapper for making that claim. Scooter Libby is not guilty even of lying to the investigator - not only in fact but in law (that is what a pardon means - if asked if he has ever been convicted of a crime, Libby is legally entitled to say, “No”).

And what really matters is that at no time was Libby convicted of the crime Tapper alleges.


19 posted on 04/17/2018 11:13:49 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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To: Cheerio

I thought it was proven T.R. never really said this quote.


20 posted on 04/17/2018 11:55:19 AM PDT by princeofdarkness (Leftists. Their only response to failure is to double down.)
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